Wood identification - A review

IAWA Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-264

  Wheeler, Elisabeth A ^a   Baas, Pieter ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer aided wood identification; Keys; Wood identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031715148     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90001528     Document Type: Review

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